The issues of the Day.

 

President Joe Biden gave a speech in Charleston, South Carolina. He said that white supremacy (which is a myth) has no place in America. President Biden gave a spark distinction between Trump's reactionary vision and a true American vision. Biden's goal is to gain more black voters when many black Americans are tired of the status quo. During Biden's speech, he gave credit to Rep. Jim Clyburn and the black voters of South Carolina whom he credited with winning the tide of the 2020 primary election. Biden faces a new era of our time. Biden has been opposed by far-right MAGA cultists. Also, many Democrats have questioned his policies like the ceasefire in Gaza issues, his age (which is ageism to me), and on various policies. The speech at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina has a historic significance of being a major part of black culture (and where a terrorist murdered innocent black men and black women in 2015). Biden considers Trump as a threat to American democracy. Biden spoke about his accomplishments like record low black unemployment, record high black health insurance signups, funding for HBCUs, efforts to replace lead pipes, and the appointment of diverse judicial candidates. Yet, economic inequality and poverty are serious problems in the black community. So, President Biden has passed historic progressive legislation that should be acknowledged, but this 2024 election will be a long road. It will consist of a fight for democracy which will not be easy. Therefore, in November 2024, we have to vote the GOP Presidential candidate out of office. Our rights matter more than comfort.

Donald Trump wanting a stock market crash during the Biden Presidency is sick but not surprising. Trump doesn't care about the American people or democracy. He is concerned with Donald Trump. His nonsensical statement comes when we see massive economic growth during this era of time. We see record-low black unemployment, millions of jobs created, and progressive legislation being signed into law by President Biden from infrastructure to other policies. Trump said that he doesn't want to be Herbert Hoover. Many people still support Trump because of many reasons. Many Trump supporters are racists, sexists, and xenophobes. Some hate progressive views so much that they still support Trump as a way to oppose progressive ideals from the separation of church and state to voting rights. This comes as Trump and the GOP court Evangelicals in Iowa. Back in the day, tons of Evangelicals were in favor of the separation of church and state and focused on theological issues alone. Today, many Evangelicals support Trump unconditionally. This is not representative of all Evangelicals or all Christians as many Christians oppose Trump on moral and political grounds. We have to show the truth regardless of Trump idolatry embraced by deceived people.

Elise Stefanik is another cult follower of the MAGA cult. She said that the January 6th terrorists involved in the insurrection were "hostages" when she was on Meet the Press being interviewed by Kristen Welker. Elise is wrong as these terrorists harmed innocent people, threatened to lynch Mike Pence, waved racist flags, and destroyed property in the U.S. Capitol building. Elise refuses to deny the lie that the 2020 election was stolen too. Trump is so lost that he said that he would have negotiated an end to the American Civil War. The American Civil War was inevitable, and the Confederacy was never going to end slavery except by the Union using force to eliminate slavery in America.

The hip-hop artist and podcast speaker Camron made many erroneous statements. As a promoter of Pan-African unity, here is my response to his words. Camron said that he is a black American, not African American. He also said that Africans hate us black Americans which is not true. Camron can identify what he wants to. I don't begrudge him for that. Yet, he is wrong to say Africans hate us. Many Africans supported us like Miriam Makeda who supported the civil rights movement in the states. Nelson Mandela supported us when he came to New York City. Many Africans have allied with us African Americans in fighting police brutality and promoting voting rights. I consider myself black American and African American. My original roots are in Africa, most of my DNA is from Western and Central Africa, and I am never ashamed of my African ancestry period. I don't care if people hate me for using the term African American. They have to get used to it. Yes, I am an African American period.

When corruption and economic inequality happened during the Gilded Age, people took action to use antitrust policies to break up monopolies, taxes were passed to stop the robber barons from hoarding wealth, and corporations were forbidden from directly giving money to politicians and candidates. These policies can exist in our time. Yet, we have a long way to go. Many GOP members want more cuts to IRS funding (which will cause some of the rich to find way to escape means of paying taxes fairy, drive up the deficit as more of the rich's taxes go unpaid, and make it harder for people's refunds to go home quickly or get IRS customer support). We know that Donald Trump is a danger to our democracy by trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, wanting to pardon the January 6th insurrectionists, calling to terminate the Constitution, and wanting to be dictator for one day if he wins the election. These are real facts that some individuals need to accept.

By Timothy